Dear Pennies & Pens, I’m supposed to be asleep right now. But I can’t sleep because the Queen Mother told me to get up and declare: It’s the Year of the Dark Skin Girl. The other day, I was daydreaming…
Dear Pennies & Pens, As you all know, I’ve been on an extended break from my business, blog and social media. I’m slowly but surely getting into the swing of things as I prepare to relaunch ISLP with a brand…
Dear Pennies & Pens, As you all know, I’ve been on a break since April. This break has truly been life changing!!! I feel like a completely different person. Like I feel so much more positive and uplifted. I don’t…
Dear Pennies & Pens, First off, my apologies for disappearing! Honestly, Pennies & Pens, I meant to make an official announcement but then I decided not to because I just didn’t want to deal with the responses. I have needed/wanted…
Dear Pennies & Pens, This post features Cacha and Pen: 2 Dope Broke Girls aka chapter 2 from my book, The Loudest Pen Ever. Each week, I am dropping a new post and video as a part of my audiobook…
Dear Pennies & Pens, In this post, #MakeUrPenLoud: How To Find Content For Your Blog, I am going to talk about the different things you can do to find blog content for your lifestyle site. This post is a part…
Dear Pennies & Pens, In this post, Live Loud: How Can I Help You, I ask one simple question which is: how can I help you? In these uncertain times, I want to spread and give love wherever possible. I…
Dear Pennies & Pens, This post features Chapter 1: The Pentro from my book, The Loudest Pen Ever. A few weeks ago, I came up with the idea to do an audiobook series for this book, my second. I figured…
Dear Pennies & Pens, In this post, #MakeUrPenLoud: My inkstory, I will be talking about how I created my personal brand, then started my businesses ISLP and 8515 and became a lifestyle blogger. As you may know, I am originally…
Dear Pennies & Pens, In this post, Live Loud: How I’m Staying Productive While Working from Home, I’m going to share what I’m doing to continue being productive. Like the rest of the world, my life, businesses and job has…







